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Originally Posted by tigergirl
I have thought about this a lot recently ...
I've undertaken considerable detective work ...
Conducted detailed research ...
Undertaken comparative analysis ...
Endeavoured to investigate available information ...
and reached a conclusion
somewhere between when I begin talking to my therapist and when the session ends
my time is STOLEN!!!!!!!
Really I'm serious and concerned here; I've been taking note recently of what I can get accomplished in a certain time frame when talking or working with others. Lots seems to get done then and I walk away with a feeling something is acheived even when we've discussed delicate and sensitive matters.
In therapy I get lost so often in tears or in silence or torn apart by extreme moods; my therapist (sT) gives me space with that and allows me time to feel things and then it's over, my time is gone ... never to be returned.
I'm sure there is a thief at work
Do others experience this? have you identified and caught the culprit? managed to formulate a sentencing plan or alternative schemes of reformation?
I need help with this  |
I have experienced this.
With my first therapist I experienced it as as a result of a therapeutic rupture that evolved into a prolonged period of painful, painful attempts on my part to repair it. I disintegrated over that period of time. I ended up falling into another therapist's office, and saw both of them while trying to figure it out. Neither one was aware of the other for several months. Ultimately, I told my current therapist. She urged me to tell the other one, and we had to work out an agreement. After we got it worked out and I stopped seeing the first therapist, it took me about 18 months to work through the pain caused by the first toxic therapy. I am finally okay.
But I can very much relate to what you describe. First in the painful confusion of the first toxic therapy, and the again as I worked through the residual pain and worked toward a healthy therapeutic relationship.
I felt like my first therapist stole so much. I felt like my current therapist helped me put myself back together.